St. Lucie police: Garbage bags found to be full of discarded marijuana plants

Port St. Lucie police say 19 bags filled with marijuana were found along a canal bank in a residential neighborhood

Port St. Lucie police Monday found 19 large garbage bags full of harvested marijuana plants in a neighborhood along Interstate 95.

Officers were called at about 2 p.m. after the bags were found along a canal bank near Southwest Hextel Avenue and Southwest Rosser Boulevard, south of Gatlin Boulevard, said Sgt. Frank Sabol, police spokesman. Crime-scene investigators were called to collect evidence.

Anyone with information related to the case is asked to call the Port St. Lucie Police Department at 772-871-5001, or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-TIPS (8477).